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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-09
THE GROWN PRINCES VICTORY.
How the Prussian Forces Defeated the
 Austrians in the War of 1866.

How the PrusstAn Forces Defeated the
 Austrians in the War of 1866.
 On the 23d of June Prince Frederick Charles crossed the Austrian frontier, and six days later he was joined by the Army of the Elbe. They were at Gittschin. On his left the crown prince, with his army, was at Koenig- inhof, @ days march away, while the Aus trians had retired in Koeniggratz, ready for battle. The plan of attack was very simple. Prince Frederick Charles, with his three corps, was to assault Benedeck with his five, while Bittenfield was to fall upon the left flank of the Austrians and the crown prince attack their right. But the crown prince was twenty five miles away, and it was in the morning before Col. von Frankenstein, after terrible ride, arrived at the crown princes headquarters with the kings com mand to join Prince Frederick Charles
 The battle began at 8 o'clock in the morn ing, the king, Moltke and Bismarck being on the field. The needle gun worked terrible havoc among the devoted battalions of Aus tria, but they kept their ground, and for a long time the scales of battle hung pretty evenly. For time it seemed indeed as if victory would rest on the standards of the Hapsburgs, and the Prussians looked for the coming of the crown prince as eagerly as Wellington had once looked for the coming 
 "Would to God the crown prince would come!" Suddenly Bismarck lowered his glasses and drew attention to certain lines in the distance. All telescopes were pointed thither. At first the lines were pronounced to be furrows. 'They are not furrows," said Bismarck, 'the spaces are not equal; they are advancing lines" It was the crown princes army, that had been delayed by the condition of the roads, which the rains had made all but impossible. Only twenty-five miles, but it took the army nine hours to do the distance, and the crown prince lost D per cent of his men through exhaustion by the way. The crown prince lost not a mo ment in getting his forces into action. Vio- lently assaulted on both Hanks, and fiercely pressed in the center, the Austrians began to slacken their fire, to give way, and then to retreat. The battle was won, and the honors of having decided it were the crown princes. Bismarck himself admits how critical was the situation of the Prussians at one point of the battle.-Globe-Democ
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-09
LEAVING THE LOCOMOTIVE.

 delay the inevitable pursuit little, and give us better opportunity to organize our plans. The brakes of the tender were put on still more to diminish speed, and the reversal was made. Here is slight conflict of authority. The pursuers say that the brakes were not loosed again; but our engilH are equf1,=- positive that they were. It is not DaE csGrecs. the re- s,,lt is, +he sss1.-oy~ T,..e = low, that though the engine moved batN it was with moderate velocity, and I saw the pursuers reverse also, and coming to a full stop, whistle two or three times as it approached-a seeming whistle of alarm, though there was little in the-apprcach of our peer peeeeff General to fear; and then they moved slowly before it for short distance till the two were in contact, when the weaker stopped and the steam was shut off. The great railroad chase was over!
 TO BE CONTINUED.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-09

honestly lay claim any greater fear than had often fe linary military service. No matter ,..aJ happened, there was the assurance that we stll had one resource-the power to turn around and attack the pursuing foe. From the be- ginning, such a conflict had been present to my mind as matter of course. Be- fore leaving camp, this had been reckoned a natural consequence of our position. It had been frequently talked of among the men, and not one of them seemed to regard 1t with any more dread than an ordinary battle. We had been careful to select large -evolvers for use, and not for show, and when we found the enemy gaining upon us, or our leaders plans for their destruction failing, we only felt or said that our time to strike would soon come. We did not have the boastful feel ing that we were an overmatch for large body of southern soldiers, for we all knew how desperately they could and often did fight; but of the ordinary citi- zens gathered up as we presumed our pursuers were, or even of conscripts, we had no great fear. That we had not our accustomed arms was serious disad vantage, but this could be remedied by getting into close quarters; and we trusted that our leader, who had shown such wonderful skill in management, would be able to put us within short range of the pursuing train, where we felt sure that we could quickly give good account of it.
 Probably the fact of Andrews having never been in battle, but always engaged ill schemes where his own cool daring and sagacious planning counted for every thing, and mere force for nothing, made him hesitate to order an attack which would throw aside all these qualities and determine the issue by simple fighting. A time was near when we would firmly have disputed our leaders, command if there had been an officer of any authority among us who could have been substi- tuted for him; but not until Andrews himself had definitely abandoned his au- thority.
 Many times the question has been asked: "Why did you not reverse your en- zine, and, jumping off, let it drive back at the enemy?" What good could that have done? If their engine and our own had been destroyed, as was very probable, to- gether with a considerable number of lives, we would only have been where we were before we captured the engine at all, except that the whole country would have been aroused, and our disguise thrown off. The second train would have been on the ground in a few minutes and the power of pursuit would have been un- diminished. We had no wish to sacrifice our own engine until the last effort pos sible had been made. To merely destroy had no charm for us, when that destruc- tion could neither promote our escape nor serve military purpose.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-09

The expedition, in the daring of it's inception, had the wildness of a romance; while in the gigantic and overwhelming results it sought and was likely Co obtain it was absolutely sublime.- JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL HoLT's OFFICIAL RE PORT.
 It was all the deepest laid scheme, and on the grandest scale, that ever emanated from the brains of any number of Yankees combined.- THE SOUTHERN CoNFEpERACY (ATIANTA, GA), April 15, 1S62
 Despite it's tragic termination, it shows what @ handful of brave men could undertake in Amer ica.-CoMTE DE PARIS HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, vol. 2, D. 1S7.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-09
DARING AND SUFFERING.
A History of the Andrews Railroad
 Raid Into Georgia in 1862.
The Most Heroic and Tragic Episode
 of the Civil War.

Embracing Full and Accurate Account of the Secret Journey to the Heart of the Confederacy, the Capture of Railway Train in 8 Confederate Camp, the Terrible Chase That Followed, and the Subsequent Fortunes of the Leader and His Party.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-09

When girl gets to be 9 or more, it's just ss well not to give her any birthday presents
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-09

Copyrighted, 1887, by War Publishing Co.,, N. Y.,
 and published by arrangement with theml
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-09

auu 1AhiA VI bell tapped again, and instantly eac tiny hand was folded and each head bowed, and in low, reverent voices these words sounded through the room:
 "Our heavenly Father, we thank thee for giving to us this food, and we humbly ask thee to bless our strength to thy service. Amen"
 And then there was 0 rattling of spoons, and each child fell to eating with as much enjoyment as though there were no such things as disease and braces and surgeons in the world. When the meal was over and the dishes removed the tables pushed back out of the way, and the girls brought out the band age boxes and proceeded to roll bandages for the next twenty minutes, till every one was ready and packed away for the next days dressing.
 At o'clock the little ones went to bed. There was much bothering over inconvenient back buttons on aprons and dresses, sudden gleam of baby arms, so thin and wasted, un- lacing of shoes and adjusting of braces and straps by the nurses, and then cool white night dresses obscured the bright heads for O moment ere they were buttoned into their places.
 An! these children have grown old in suffer ing, till out of the little features the light of careless childhood seems to have faded, and even their gayety seems pitiful.-New York Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-09
FURNITURE

in this section of the state will see that it is to their advantage to come here and trade. We buy our Goods for SPOT CASH from first hands. We watch the Mar ket and our Expert Buyer loses no opportunity to get goods at
 Bottom Prices.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-13

From the Boston journal OF Commerce,
Strictly speaking with the tip of the
tongue one can't taste az ALL II you
put small drop OF honey or oil OF
bitter almonds on that part OF the
mouth you will find, no doubt, to
yourgreat surprise, that it produces no
effect of any sort; you only taste it
when it begins slowly to dilfuse itself,
and reaches the true tasting region in
the middle distance. But ii you put n
little cayenne or mustard on the same
part you will find that 1t bites you
immediately-the experiment should
be tried sparingly while ii you put it
lower down IN the mouth you will
swallow 1t almost without noticing
the pungency OF the stimulant The
reason is that the tip OF the tongue is
supplied only with the nerves which
are really nerves OF touch, not nerves
oil taste proper; they belong to total
iy different main branch and they so
to a different center in the brain. to-
sether with the very similar threads
which supply the nerve OF smell from
mustard and pepper. That is why
the smell and taste OF these pungent
substances are so much alike, as
everybody must have noticed, a good
sniff at a mustard pot producing al
most The same irritating effects as an
ineautious mcuthiul. When one is
trying deliberate experiments on the
subject III order to test the varying
sensitiHeness of the different parts to
different substances 1t is necessary to
Keep the tongue quite dry, in order to
isolate the thing you are experiments
ing with and prevent its spreading to
all parts OF the mouth together, In
actual practice this result is obtained
IN Il rather ludicrous manner-bv
blowing upon the tongue between
each experiment with Il pair OF bel.
lows. To such undignifed expedients
does the pursuit OF science lead the
modern psychologist.
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WOULD NE BE WILLING

yWouId we be willing, if the summons came,
To eounterInarch this lie, 20 iiVe phe same
=, Once more?
Saw main AMI Joy, and poverty and wealth.
,tiood, days and dark days. illness and
health
Lived o'erf
The new life, Just as the old has been
To find like friendship and the viler men,
Asyesterday?
And would it pa.9 Life, like a play,
Is relished as we 60 from day TO day
But stayi
Not many play is worthy of recail;
The actors, one by one, come on, and cur
:ains fall
They go away;
drear
Crates on the list'ner's weary ear
We dread the play!
And So as children tire of tops and sleep,
At the close of life comes iess and less to
keep
lis here always.
And then so many that have gone before,
And carried hopes to the brighter shore,
Are saying Gomez
Those absent long. with apXious gaze,
Leading and lighting the darkest ways,
Would call us home.
Would we be willing to refuse thelr prayers?
All, mol Some day wen greet them there
Some dayl
Boston Globe.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-13
Before and After.

Tact month NJ. D,e+r alto, &c
VI
the buhstoWh baZoo' tooK TRIP on
the Bazoo X Bumbletown Railroad.
When he returned he had these pleas
o,t words for ,,o r,ilrood.
,,,.
we 'i''u ''io eAVf''''e pleasure thiS
week CT riding over the magnificent
n1zoo x BumbletoWn Railroad 1t is
an cyouisite iov to talke n trin over
49,;
'"'a 5'"i 'o'''' 0,'"' % ie'S' one eyes
on the beautiful, picturesque and at
times grand and sublimely appalling
scenery ALONE itsrou+o 4bosa,ho
l,,.. 1 ,I,
aC1,,,,,r,, io'tS - ilo'"
','',,'''';f' -, 'et ~ iel i''siIy oUt-
c. 'I,''i,'e7' Wv - We eoiliiitliu the
": y ~ ,rl ~ -, va Ivy '"lN o, our
; 't''u ';t'''S' "luii ''ouHO W ASA
,I ',oii 'l.ti'' 10 IN" II''' iilto II't
'T",iS, ~ ma yea Vi tie plne'cIad
pnoi,;n' f % nc S.oI'i-rlVeit
NV - ~ 'iie iiI''il9Oie N'al'ueuf OF
l,.g =, N''i IT, WV "u"Si o. the ioEellhess
81 ~" iiop9o'i nHo Luxe george OF
D'o ii''', e's Vi 'l'e Si'Fery %. Law
rsii ':ts we nave no heSieatlon IN
I''4 y ''' : We p' ,rI ."e scenery OF me b.
-, ~ y, ''"l - t'e rqal thlhg'
w. me iV't: C"il Nay ne KNOWS ms
toui'lry u'ltil ne nus taken q oayii@nt
niap o1 NJ In ms "u'll'rao'e steer nigh
way. iie.i lne a'cohlli'oIatlonS are
80 ~. liS 81 GOOD Inc hand-
S f l,o'iice toacneS are comfortable
icy peA Glo description, "ii'ie the road
Duo - Hll''o.il "9 d u"icI1'S iioof' me
C1 ''iii eeiitleilleh are ''ll they should be.
Oonuuctof f"ncheoh is a1table, ac-
coiiliiioilaaIing ana the very soul OF
courtesy / ne iadles all IKE him.
-, IN conclusion, leV us say that Il
" oF'P oyer Oyer the D. y j. n. H. Is Il dream
VI "e!i@ilt; a constant Sncc 'sslon OF
E''e''9 l'r'lnie surprises ana one oil the
arm eN ItI It. III ne mat mas not one
gram OF bitterness to mar it"
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side The outline was awry, the
large doors ajar, warped and partly
fallen, the ROOT rotten and III several
nla.,es oper-deeay, desertion and ut
ter silence seemed to brood over the
ruins.
slowly they advanced, and sudden
ly halted, as by an electric impulse.
Even r. seemed taken by surprise,
while the hair of the strangers they
felt lifting itself on their scalps
Mas it n common Illusion OF the
senses? Was it u real volce2 While
in the eruesome presence it was real.
What did tell your" whispered X.
"By the HOLES, y breathed Theo, as
thev listened to the once familiar nc.
cent, the old calls, and names, Tor a
minute or two and then X. led the way
to the back opening OF the hall unhlnged
doors. They gained the floor. and in
the darkness, not so dense under the
openings of the roof but that inside,
the heavy timbers, the posts, huge
beams and Seaifuds, dark and gallows,
were easily distinguished, and there on
their left. squat or thesquared timber,
was the dark wavering outline OF the
eeria form. There was no mistaking
il, as those who cast their eyes up lelt
assured. A half minute and one OF the
Darty struck q match, then another,
and another, till each OF the party held
short lived taper in his hand, supplied
V another as its short, brief flame
vanished. Their united power was
ample to reveal the empty, silent des-
olation OF the cheerless interior.
sNt 4 1.- - fA.. fy.p.
and hay, where protected from the
rain and snow, here and there, but no
sign OF living thing, not even a rat.
The swallows seemed no longer to
build there 1.-The very spiders no
longer spin webs there" as Theo said
afterward. They went out.
Whether by the design OF any
OF them, most likely by an easily
accounted for accident, one or more
OF the lighted matches fell upon the
dry straw and hay, and almost in
simultaneously the t;ndery inside was
in a flame. They had scarcely gained
the outside when it was discovered.
'I4uckyw exclaimed Il. II wonder
we never thought OF it before" fold
ing his arms, Letter burn" said
Capt. John, re-echoed by the rest.
They had no choice. The flashing,
leaplng licking flames ran up the
edges OF the weather boards, caught
the dry edge OF the roof, and III five
minutes the empty shell was 70 roar
ing flame. In thirty minutes, save
where the thick plank or heavy tim
bers touched, so as to aid each other,
the active combustion had ceased.
Moving away to avoid the heat,
the boys stood watching the rapid
progress OF the burning and when it
subsidized to red glow, and the sink
inc moon and far off stars resumed
their wonted reign over the warm,
calm spring night, they thoughtfully
moved away, yet with Il sense OF re-
lief. Cleveland Leader.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-13

From a Letter from India.
From here we drove into the native
city to visit the bazaars, in which are
to be found traders from all over the
Puniab, and from Cashmere, Bokhara,
Thibet, Kashgar, Persia and all Asiat-
icnations. Amritsar is tie woalthiest
city in the Punjab, only ranking second
to Delhi in its population, which
amounts to about 10000 people.
Its imports amount to about 81 ., 900
600 annually, and its trade is con-
stantly increasing. The best part of
the trade is in Cashmere shaws, Ram
pore chuddahs, silk manufactures and
delicate work in ivory and metals.
Some 5000 looms are employed for
the manufacture of shawls from the
fine woods OF Cashmere, Tnlbet and Kir-
man. Loom-made shawls have been
manufactured here that have been
valued as high rs SO, 900, but the work
on one OF such shawls would probably
employ from thirty to fifty weavers
tor as long as twelve months.
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Cupid i'm a Red Skin.

From the San Bernardino, (Cal Tno
\ young buck living in San Tme \
canon became infatuated with II
daughter of an old Coahuilla Inli&
who dweit in the mountains east
this city, and made frequent pilgVi
ages thither 10 pay his attentions
the Gopper,colored idol of his heaa
The old gentleman, however, wasso,N
ching OF an eristOcrat, thorou3
bred, and he swore a big oath that 4
half breed should ever seek the hal
OF his daughter, and accordingly
ordered the yonng buck to quit 4
premises. threatening to shoot hnlI
he continued his visits. The youI
buck was bound to get his prize, hoI
ever, and q few weeks ago he goq
number OF bucks to 90 up to the q
Coahuilla's place with him to calI
off the girl. Before going they camel
town and procured u supply Of whI
ky. When they reached the place Y
forbidden lover remained outsl'
while his friends entered the hut az
proceeded to get the climates glorious
drunk. This done, they toted the g
off to SAN Timeteo.
When the old Indian became SOD
and found his daughter goLe he
on war paint instanter. lie got
number OF his friends, and the ga
went to San Timeteo. and were the
informed that the grl had sone.
parts unknown. An investigate
however, showed to the contrary III
in the endeavor to yet possession
the girl general fighter sued ANY
were drawn, clubs used and some
the participants were BABY nu
The father OF the girl was cut III
face, breast and arms, and IS no"
ported to be in Il very DANGEROUS ~
dition. Fearing arrest, the hali-pr'}p
have been Keeping the affair quleI3; :; y
it is believed that two orthree lhua
are living in q bad condition ~,
where up thecanon. TheyouhSssq"'
and her lover have Disappeared
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\ Woman of Nerve,

The Philadelphia Record OF recent
date gives the details of case of ex,
traordmary pluck on the part OF u
woman at meeting ofthe JeiTersonian
Medical college in that city II tew days
ago. The lady applied to have "a tu-
NOR removed from her arm. The
doctors told her they would have to
administer ether, as the operation
would prove so very painful This
she refused. They offered her q glass
OF wine or brandy, but the lady sim
ply waved 1t away. saying that she
would be able to undergo the opera
ton. The doctors consulted for n
moment, and decided to take the wom-
an at her word and go ahead. They
barred her arm to the shoulder, laid
her or her side and then buried the
KNIFE IN the flesh cut a big cash over
SIX inches in length, pulled the bleed
ing pieces apart, removed the tumor.
scraped the bone and then sewed the
parts together. During all this time
the patient never moved. Not a CIV
escaped her, and, as she gritted her
teeth, her lace became as white as a
sheet. Alter the operation was con-
ciuded, Dr. Brinton, turning to the
SIX hundred students, said: "There
Is not man among you who could
nave stood that operation as heroic
ally as this Woman"
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The Worlds Railroads.

The French are about to celeol"Y
the fiftierh anniversary OF the hl'q
dtlction oil railways INTO 'u,'
country, and the event has LED 70 -
production OF many statistics ioi "
most part interesting, and, son' !,
them very surprising, regarding 81
railway business. ~
Estimates have been maze u "
enormous amount of money tila' =, =,
been expended throughout the W.,
in the construction and equipment
railroads. In these figures, the INV tao,
States naturally stands at the lax ha,
The railroads OF this country In,
cost, it is estimated, slxty-elen.eh ;rt,
bred million: those OF England var,
six hundred million; those OF t Use
twenty-four hundred million INN ,;I,;o
Germany, twenty-five hundred ia,
these OF Austria, sixteen nu ta,ol,
million; and those OF KusSi"
hundred million dollars. .hod
The sum that would be resclieu ACNE
adding the total of expena 1'' ~,
countries OF less importance lar
those named would he quite too ,,ab
for the mind to grasp, aitho'9
might be computed IN figures : &c ne
Mr.. Mackerson, OF London, n ''nen,
haps come nearest to n comprsnoen,l
BILE estimate of this great a n"a,li
by calculating that it wouiu N n
forty powerful locomotives =" silv
row, to draw the treasure !" & ii
dollars, which the railroads +"
world have cost.